Page 16 - Toluna Magazine US Edition May

Toluna Movie Club:

By: cosmic
As dainty as a southern flower but with the toughness of steel, that describes the ensemble
of women in Steel Magnolias. The movie opens on the day of a lavish southern home

wedding and ends years later on the day of a birth, completing a cycle of life events that put
you through the ringer. You will laugh, mainly at Shirley McLaine's hilarious rough-spirited
Ouiser Boudreaux, and you will cry as you watch each woman go through her own trials and
tribulations. It is especially emotional as you watch Julia Roberts' character fight through her
health issues, and even more so after finding out the writer based the film on his sister's real

battle with diabetes. Sally Fields is the matriarch of the film. Really she is Julia Roberts'
mother in the film, but as the film progresses you get the sense that she is everyone's
mother. She doles out advice, sometimes unrequested, and helps everyone through many

tough decisions and life struggles, while going through her own internal struggle. You see so
much of a mother's love in this film and a mother's pain, how much a mother is willing to
sacrifice for her child. It's a beautiful thing, one we can oftentimes take for granted.

By: AC10

Steel Magnolias is a classic! I personally don’t watch a lot of
older movies, especially if they are from the 80’s, but this
one is hard not to miss. Steel Magnolias centers around 6
women all of different ages and lifestyles. They all gather at
a hair salon owned by Truvy Jones played by Dolly Parton.
They eventually become very close to one other throughout

the ups and downs of each of their lives. What really makes
this movie so great is the cast and how well they portrayed
their characters. The cast makes this movie worth watching
for the drama, the laughs, the sadness, the headaches of

dealing with friends and family drama, especially mothers
and daughters, as well as mourning death. Steel Magnolias
was very well written and the actors are great at expressing
their emotions in the film. I would definitely recommend
watching it if you still haven’t as I wasn’t even born when it

was out. It is one of those movies that lives on no matter
how old it is.

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